题目内容
12.Dear Sir,I have to travel every day from So UK Road to the airport.Two buses travel along this route:No.49and No.16.However,by the time No.16reaches So UK Road,it is always full.(36)E
The timetable states that there are buses from So UK Road to the airport every ten minutes.(37)D The instructions state that if there are empty seats on a bus,the bus must stop at every stop where people are waiting.(38)G
The instructions state that no bus may carry more than 40seated passengers and 20standing passengers.Yesterday,I was the first to get off the bus when it reached the airport.(39)AThere were 129of them.
Clearly printed on the back of every bus is a sign that says"Maximum speed:50mph."(40)B Saturday morning a No.49bus traveled the distance in ten minutes,at an average speed of 60mph.At times it must have done at least 80or even 90mph.
It is obvious that our bus companies have neither respect for the instructions nor consideration for their passengers.Can nothing be done about this?
Jerry
A.I counted the other passengers as they got off.
B.The distance from So UK Road to the airport is 10miles.
C.The problem is that we have to pay more for our trip.
D.If this is so,why do I have to wait half an hour for a bus nearly every day?
E.This leaves No.49which sometimes has empty seats on it.
F.Is there anything we can do to change this?
G.Why is it that half-empty buses go straight past me when I am standing at the bus stop?
分析 本文属于说明文阅读,作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了一个乘客写给公共汽车公司的一封投诉信.
解答 36.E.考查句意理解和上下文,根据上文,by the time No.16 reaches So UK Road,it is always full.可知:这使得49路经常有空位就开走了,答案是E.
37.D.考查句意理解和上下文,根据上文,The timetable states that there are buses from So UK Road to the airport every ten minutes.可知:如果这样为什么我要每天等半个小时公共汽车呢?答案是D.
38.G.考查句意理解和上下文,根据上文,The instructions state that if there are empty seats on a bus,the bus must stop at every stop where people are waiting.可知:我站在公共汽车站的时候为什么只坐了一半的公共汽车要从我身边开走呢?答案是G
39.A.考查句意理解和上下文,根据下文,.There were 129 of them.可知:当我下车的时候,我数了其他乘客.答案是A.
40.B.考查句意理解和上下文,根据下文,Saturday morning a No.49 bus traveled the distance in ten minutes,at an average speed of 60 mph.可知:从So UK Road到机场的距离是10英里.答案是B.
点评 七选五阅读是完成性阅读,和完形填空很类似,不同的是一个选词,一个选句子.解题时,要注意上下文语境,充分考虑信息词(选项中和空格前后句子中相同或相近的词),选出最符合语境的句子.

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